jengelen
Dutch
Etymology
Frequentative of janken (“to whine”), perhaps ultimately of imitative origin and related to Old French jangler (“to entertain”), as well as modern English jangle.[1]
Pronunciation
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jengelen
- whimper; drone; whine
Synonyms
- zaniken, dreinen, mekkeren
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “jengelen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute